diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index a8ebab04fe..ba7817b7e5 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -443,8 +443,6 @@ STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/firmware"
 
 STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${RECIPE_SYSROOT}"
 
-# Setting DEPLOY_DIR outside of TMPDIR is helpful, when you are using
-# packaged staging and/or multimachine.
 DEPLOY_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/deploy"
 DEPLOY_DIR_IPK = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/ipk"
 DEPLOY_DIR_RPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/rpm"